ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,656, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Method and device for diagnosing an air supply of an internal combustion engine" was invented by Benedikt Graf (Ludwigsburg, Germany), Christian Disch (Wimsheim, Germany), Conrad Bubeck (Esslingen, Germany), Markus Deissler (Heilbronn, Germany) and Stefan Bauer (Gerlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a device for diagnosing an air supply of an internal combustion engine which includes a first air duct for supplying air to a cylinder and a second air duct for supplying air to a heater for heating an exhaust system. The first and seco...